# Marco Rubio should be Barbecued **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 12, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marco-rubio-should-be-barbecued/1034913 "2026-11-12T16:09:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marco-rubio-should-be-barbecued/1034913/21 "2026-11-12T22:32:49Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > \*my favorite photo of Rubio is the one where he’s uncomfortably sporting the badly-fitting Florsheim shoes that Donald reportedly bought for his Cabinet members, and which they were afraid not to wear, The Shoes photos will be hard for Little Marco to overcome—not to mention the damage done by the Little Marco moniker. The right likes its candidates to seem at least marginally Dominant and Strong, and those traits are not called to mind by clown shoes. Pundit Mona Charen has a good takedown of Rubio, published today: > [@](#): > > You hear the hopeful sighs among certain Republicans looking to move past Donald Trump and seeing JD Vance mired in quicksand. _Maybe Rubio could be the future? He has MAGA credibility but without the cutthroat affect of JD or DeSantis. He was confirmed 99–0 in the Senate. He’s Hispanic. He’s clearly not full MAGA._ > …Let’s consider the ways in which he has permanently stained his character. … > **[Never Rubio](https://www.thebulwark.com/p/never-rubio)** > > He has disqualified himself from national service. (For what it’s worth, I’d support a thread-title change to something less violent-sounding.) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marco-rubio-should-be-barbecued/1034913/22 "2026-11-12T22:38:09Z")
> [@Gordon\_G](#): > > the Ds are adept at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. So original. > [@Gordon\_G](#): > > Kalshi prediction market I’m not familiar with their paradigm. Does someone set those odds, or are they just the current betting line from all bettors, or something else? Personally, I do not rate the intelligence or perspicacity of Kalshi bettors enough to pay attention to. They are gamblers, are they not? That makes most of them losers. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marco-rubio-should-be-barbecued/1034913/23 "2026-11-12T22:43:02Z")
Haven’t those poor people suffered _enough_? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marco-rubio-should-be-barbecued/1034913/24 "2026-11-12T23:42:15Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The Shoes photos will be hard for Little Marco to overcome—not to mention the damage done by the Little Marco moniker. He should ask this guy about the power of images, even ones that look innocuous when taken. [![](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-bostonglobe.s3.amazonaws.com/public/T2VVI5A5VUI6JACWQGLYDV5I6U.jpg) ](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-bostonglobe.s3.amazonaws.com/public/T2VVI5A5VUI6JACWQGLYDV5I6U.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marco-rubio-should-be-barbecued/1034913/25 "2026-11-13T00:11:37Z")
Agreed. He may get on the ticket, but I doubt if he’ll be elected. Of course, we’ve said that before about other candidates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marco-rubio-should-be-barbecued/1034913.md?page=1)